„Things are never as bad as they could be" - The absurd audio world Of Tom Heithoff

The characters in Tom Heithoff’s audio dramas are often men on the brink of a nervous breakdown which in turn threatens more far-reaching consequences. They are fugitives: stubborn outsiders on the run or people who have slipped through the cracks. Between escapism and disorientation, language often falls away as a usable means of communication. The stories are built on fragments of text, within which statements and responses drive language and its potential for mutual understanding into the absurd. The award-winning plays of Tom Heithoff walk the boundary between absurd comedy and earnest realism. "Things Are Never As bad As They Could Be" is a documentary short about the plays and their author.